Tokyo, Feb 1, 2025 (AFP) - Rescuers build slope to reach man in Japan sinkhole

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Japanese rescuers completed building a slope on Saturday to reach a truck driver stuck in a sinkhole, officials said, four days after his vehicle was swallowed by the cavity now 40 metres wide. Rescuers have been struggling with the operation as the hole -- now the length of an Olympic swimming pool -- expands since opening up on Tuesday in Yashio city, on the outskirts of Tokyo. "We have just completed the work on the ramp," Saitama regional gov......

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